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Lyme Regis Museum stands in the heart of the town, just where the beautiful coastlines of Dorset and Devon meet on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Built on the site of the home of Lyme’s renowned fossilist Mary Anning, the museum is one of the architectural gems of the town and is packed with fascinating displays.  Find out about Lyme’s early and maritime history, its internationally important geology, its fossils and the many significant writers connected with the town, from Jane Austen to John Fowles. 

 

In The Museum

Tour of the MuseumTour of the Museum

Take a step by step tour through Lyme Regis Museum...

History of Lyme Regis in Museum Objects

In 2010 Neil Ferguson, Director of the British Museum, presented a series...

Fossils and RocksFossils and Rocks

Here be dinosaurs! The museum’s geology gallery contains a wealth of fossils and tells of the early...

Mary AnningMary Anning

Mary Anning (1799-1847), born on the site of the Museum, is the most famous female fossilist...

Jane AustenJane Austen

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was one of Lyme's most famous and best-loved visitors...

John FowlesJohn Fowles

John Fowles, writer, curator & collector. In 1978 when John Fowles became curator of the museum, its fortunes started to ...

John GouldJohn Gould

John Gould FRS of Lyme who became a leading ornithologist and influenced Charles Darwin..

The LymiadThe Lymiad - A unique book

“A poem in the form of Letters from Lyme to a friend at Bath written during the autumn of 1818” ...

Civil War and RebellionCivil War and Rebellion

On two occasions in the 17th century Lyme sprang into national prominence...

What's On at the Museum


Forthcoming museum events

 

 

Guided Fossil Walks

 

 

Mary Anning walks


Lyme History Walks

 

Lyme History Walks
with Chris Lovejoy

 

RockpoolingRockpooling

 

 

What's New on our web-site

High CliffThe Listers of High Cliff

 

The Beast in the Cellar Ichthyosaurus E42

Ichthyosaur E42 - research paper

 

The Bindon Landslip The Bindon Landslip of 1839

 

 

From Saturday 23rd March
 Mon to Sat: 10.00-17.00          Sunday: 11.00-17.00
November to 22nd March
 Wed to Sun: 11.00-16.00         (daily in school holidays)

Registered Charity No. 1041201